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Shenandoah Student Accepted to Top Summer Research Internships

Professor Calls Mackenzie “Mac” Watkins ’26 A ‘Shining Example of the Best of Our Students’

It’s not often that a student must choose between two prestigious summer research programs. Mackenzie “Mac” Watkins ’26 was accepted out of 400 applicants for…

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Alumna Returns As Assistant Professor

Dr. Kathleen Lasick Wants to Provide Students With A Shenandoah Experience as Supportive as Her Own

A Shenandoah University graduate is returning to her alma mater this fall to teach as an assistant professor of biology.  Kathleen Lasick ’16, Ph.D., earned…

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Friday Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Allyson Degrassi, Ph.D.

Dr. Degrassi shares the experiences that made her an educator who provides students with abundant opportunities to define their own learning experiences

The Friday Faculty Spotlight, designed to help the entire university community to get to know our faculty members, has returned for 2023! This week, the…

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Shenandoah Senior Accepted to Nine Graduate Programs Heads to Yale

Abigail Pilcher to pursue research in mosquito-borne diseases in two-year master’s program

Shenandoah senior Abigail Pilcher ’21 will take her interest in biology, public health and mosquitoes to Yale University this fall as a student in its…

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The Classroom Experience During COVID-19

Change, Adaptation A Part of The Curriculum

When Shenandoah University went all-online in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, dance major Erisa Sloan ’21 attended class through Zoom and used her bedroom…

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Research Keeps Shenandoah University Students Buzzing Over the Summer

Projects Venture Into Innovative Territory

By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 Shenandoah University offers students an abundance of challenging opportunities to complete research over the summer. Research projects conducted this year…

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Bousquet Installed as President of the Virginia Academy of Science

First Shenandoah University Professor Elected to the Post

Woodward S. Bousquet, Ph.D., professor of environmental studies and biology in Shenandoah University’s College of Arts & Sciences, was installed as president of the Virginia…

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Freshman Zielinski ’21 Awarded $5,000 in Grant Money for Research

Environmental studies student adds grant writing to her vitae

Shenandoah University freshman Teresa Zielinski ’21, an environmental studies major with a minor in biology, recently received a $5,000 grant from the Virginia Native Plant…

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When Art & Science Merge

Honors Cell Biology Prompts Students to Think Differently About Science

When students opted to take honors cell biology in spring 2017, they didn’t know the class would include an art project. Associate Professor of Biology…

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